Cleveland radio station will no longer play 'manipulative' Christmas song 'Baby, It's Cold Outside'

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If you live in Cleveland and want to hear the old Christmas tune "Baby, It's Cold Outside," don't turn the station to WDOK-FM.

Last week, WDOK midday host Glenn Anderson wrote a blog post explaining why the station will no longer be playing the song. "Now, I do realize that when the song was written in 1944, it was a different time, but now while reading it, it seems very manipulative and wrong," Anderson said.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.